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New Atlanticist

Dec 15, 2011

Gates Renews Warning of Dim and Dismal Future for NATO

By Jorge Benitez

Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has revisited perhaps the most controversial speech in his career.

NATO Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Dec 15, 2011

Unfinished Business

By Frank Klotz Susan Koch and Franklin Miller

In September 1991, President George H.W. Bush announced a series of sweeping measures fundamentally reshaping the American nuclear arsenal. One of them called for all U.S. ground-force tactical nuclear weapons to be returned from overseas bases and dismantled.

Nuclear Nonproliferation Russia

New Atlanticist

Dec 15, 2011

As China Rises, A New US Strategy

By Zbigniew Brzezinski

A great power that allows itself to be preoccupied only with the problems of today is likely to end up mired in the conflicts of yesterday. A great power must be guided by a longer-range strategic vision.

China

Event Recap

Dec 14, 2011

Strategy Session with Danish Foreign Minister Villy Søvndal

By Jason Harmala

On Wednesday, December 14, the Council hosted Minister Villy Søvndal in a working lunch and strategy session to discuss NATO involvement in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Minister visited Washington following his trips to Helmand Province and Kabul for meetings with ISAF and Afghan leaders, and his leadership of Denmark’s representation to the Bonn conference last […]

Afghanistan NATO
Robert Gates Brent Scowcroft Dinner Atlantic Council

New Atlanticist

Dec 14, 2011

Gates: Moderate Center Not Holding, American Strategy Imperiled

By James Joyner

Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates bemoaned the “oversized egos and undersized backbones” of America’s political leaders, wishing more of them would emulate Brent Scowcroft’s “steadfast integrity, common decency, and moral and political courage” to deal with enormous global challenges.

Event Recap

Dec 13, 2011

The Atlantic Council Hosts an Evening Honoring Brent Scowcroft: Soldier, Scholar, and Statesman

By Jason Harmala

The Atlantic Council celebrated the legacy of the former two-time national security advisor Brent Scowcroft Tuesday night at a dinner attended by nearly 500 friends and current and former colleagues of General Scowcroft, including former national security advisors, members of Congress, and ambassadors.

New Atlanticist

Dec 12, 2011

The New US “Blueprint” for National Cyber Security

By Jason Healey

Two and a half years since President Obama announced that “America’s economic prosperity in the 21st century will depend on cybersecurity,” the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is finally launching their new cybersecurity strategy.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

Event Recap

Dec 12, 2011

Rebalanced and Refocused?: US Regional Security Strategy in Asia Facing a Rising China

By Adrienne Chuck

On December 12, the Atlantic Council’s International Security Program held its second installment of the Cross-Strait Series, a continuing discussion on the state of US-China-Taiwan relations.

China East Asia

Event Recap

Dec 9, 2011

Strategy Session with National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of Bulgaria

By Jason Harmala

On December 9, the Atlantic Council’s International Security Program hosted an off-the-record strategy session with Svetlin Yovchev, national security advisor to Boyko Borisov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria. He was previously head of Bulgaria’s State Agency for National Security and earlier he worked in the former National Security Service.

Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance

New Atlanticist

Dec 9, 2011

Military Option Recedes Amid Tug-of-War Over Iran Policy

By Barbara Slavin

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey, said Friday that he believes that sanctions and diplomacy are the right strategy to deal with Iran’s nuclear programme and that the United States “is doing everything we can to accomplish the stated objective without resorting to military force”.

Event Recap

Dec 9, 2011

Security and Partnership in an Age of Austerity

By Jason Harmala

On December 9, the Atlantic Council hosted a conversation with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey, moderated by Washington Post opinion writer David Ignatius.

United States and Canada

Event Recap

Dec 7, 2011

Transforming Toward a Smarter Alliance: NATO Reform in the Age of Austerity

By Jason Harmala

On December 7, the Atlantic Council hosted a conference on NATO’s continued reforms and transformation in the age of austerity. This conference took stock of the progress to date on NATO’s reform efforts first established at the NATO Summit in Lisbon. The conference also provided recommendations and possible ways ahead for further reforms in order […]

NATO Security & Defense

Issue Brief

Dec 7, 2011

NATO Agency Reform, Done Right

By Marshall Billingslea and Gary Winterberger

Marshall Billingslea, director with Deloitte Consulting, LPP and member of the Atlantic Council’s Strategic Advisors Group, and Major General Gary Winterberger, USAF (Ret.), former commander of the NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control (NAEW&C) Force Command and consultant with the NATO team at IBM, authored an issue brief on NATO reform. Download the PDF

NATO Security & Defense

Issue Brief

Dec 7, 2011

NATO Reform: Key Principles

By Kurt Volker and Kevin P. Green

Ambassador Kurt Volker, senior advisor to the International Security Program and member of the Atlantic Council’s Strategic Advisors Group, and Vice Admiral Kevin P. Green, USN (Ret.), vice president for defense and intelligence for IBM Federal, outlined several key principles for NATO reform in a new issue brief. Download the PDF

NATO Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Dec 5, 2011

Stumbling Over a Pakistan Policy

By Shuja Nawaz

After a week of delay, as anger against the United States mounted inside Pakistan over the November 26 attack by U.S. forces that killed two officers and 22 soldiers of the Pakistani army at border posts Volcano and Boulder in Mohmand agency, the President of the United States finally entered the picture directly.

Pakistan

New Atlanticist

Dec 5, 2011

The Gulf Cooperation Council Must Rethink the Arab Awakening

By Rena Zuabi

Through a deal brokered by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Saudi Arabia on November 27, vice-president Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi recently named opposition leader Mohammed Basindwa as Yemen’s new interim prime minister.

Event Recap

Dec 2, 2011

Impulses: Trends That Will Shape India’s World

By Adrienne Chuck

On December 2, the Atlantic Council’s Strategic Foresight Initiative and South Asia Center hosted a discussion on the global trends shaping India’s future towards 2030.

India

Event Recap

Dec 2, 2011

The United States and the Global Future

By Adrienne Chuck

On December 2, the Atlantic Council’s Strategic Foresight Initiative and the US National Intelligence Council hosted a workshop entitled “The United States and the Global Future” to inform the upcoming Global Trends 2030 report.

New Atlanticist

Nov 22, 2011

Germany’s Military Reform: An American Perspective

By Peter Flory

In the May 2011 German Defense Policy Guidelines (DPG), Germany sets as its goal a force that is capable of “[s]afe guarding national interests, assuming international responsibility, and shaping security together.”  As an American, I would ask no more and no less from our German ally.

Germany

New Atlanticist

Nov 22, 2011

US Ratchets Up Economic Pressure on Iran

By Barbara Slavin

Under intense pressure from the U.S. Congress and U.S. presidential election politics, the Barack Obama administration Monday declared the Islamic Republic of Iran a “primary money laundering concern” – a designation that stops short of blacklisting Iran’s Central Bank but is intended to persuade more foreign governments, banks and companies to curtail business with Iranian […]

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